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EXTENSION 1GB SKATE. No. 357,629. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

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PATENT OFFICE.

OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

EXTENSION ICE-SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,629, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed March 18, 1886. Serial No. 195,735. (No modeLl To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GADWALLADER M. RAY- MOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and the foot-piece in position when clamped to the,

foot. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the skate and one of the hangers. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the position of the parts before the foot-plate is adjusted to the foot. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of a skate embodying my invention.

The main features of the foot-piece are similar to those described in Patent No. 313,622, granted to me for a roller-skate.

A and B are respectively the toe and heel plates, the toe-plate being bent at the point d, and having a slot through which the forward part of the heel-plate B passes, and thence through a recess in the upper part of the hanger P, secured to the toe-plate A. The toe-plate is passed in a similar manner under the heel plate and through a recess in the upper part of the rear hanger.

At the rear of the heel-plate are the clamps b b, forming a portion of the heel-plate, and are bent upward and over inwardly at the upper ends, so as to securely hold the heel of the boot or shoe in position.

In the heel-plate is an elongated slot, in which is fitted a slotted plate, H, which is bent up at the rear end and projects to the rear, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to clamp the front end of the boot or shoe heel. It is capable of being adjusted to the size of the heel, and is held in position by means of the screw G and nut I. The forward hanger, P, is adjusted in the slot 0 by means'of a bent lever,

G, pivoted in the narrow portion of the heelplate, and also to a plate connected to the The toe-plate is provided with clamps a a, as shown.

To the under side of the heel and toe plates B A are secured the hangers P and Q, the hanger P under the toe-plate inclining forward at the lower end, and the hanger Q under the heel-plate being vertical.

K is the skate-blade, and has at its .forward end a longitudinal slot, 1), and at its rear end three holes, q q q. The lower ends of the hangers P and Q are slotted, so as to straddle and be fitted upon the upper edge of the blade K, as indicated in Fig. 2. The ends of the hangers are secured in the slot and holes in the blade by screws L, as shown. The holes g at the rear end of the skate-blade admit of the skate being adapted to feet of different sizes. By securing the hanger Q in the forward hole, q, the skate is adapted to a foot of small size, and when secured in the central hole a size larger is obtained. When secured in the rearmost hole, q, the skate can be fitted to a foot of still larger size.

I design making the skate-plate of different lengths-one to be adapted to varying sizes for young people, and the other to the varying sizes of older persons.

The hangers, instead of being cast in one piece, may be made of two iron plates secured to the under side of the foot-piece and passed down on each side of the skate-plate.

The holes may be made at the front end of the skate and the slot at the rear, and holes may be made in place of the slot.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination of the extensible toe and heel plates A B, the lever O and its connections, the hanger P, and blade K, provided with the slot as and for the purpose set scribing witnesses.

. G. M. RAYMOND. Witnesses:

J M. RAYMOND,

E. K. J OHNSON. 

